Crossword for Sat, 22/Apr/2017

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Across
1: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)

4: Game room equipment: wire-wrapped broken dart (4,5)

8: Prig had ma conceal midriff (9)

10: Treacherous stray fleas (5)

11: Ace swallows pastry tart (7)

12: Starts to name Olivia Newton-John 'Country Entertainer' for the time being (5)

14: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

15: Guess what the benighted marksman did? (4,2,3,4)

18: Dyslexic's tired and distressed (5)

19: Agrees that a course should be forwarded to the primary school (7)

21: Di returned to me in France: back for the turn of phrase. (5)

22: Lined salt shaker made ready for use (9)

23: Noted Methodist almost turned up here, not there (9)

24: The Spanish derelict is too much for the church office holder (5)

Down
2: Stone or card (7)

3: One-time philosophical teaching turned him to classics (13)

5: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

6: Hold torn veil held by busy worker (7)

7: Poem about social worker left with grace (9)

8: Period email feature (3)

9: Impatient dope confused designated hour (9,4)

10: European sage knew a novel novel (9,4)

13: Mothers copper, Mark, is male (9)

16: Gets bastion rebuilt (7)

17: Class was first to be aroused (7)

20: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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